Towel cabinet



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GEORG-E A. STEINER, 0F SALT LAKE CITY, TAH, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 STEINER SALES COMPANY, 0F SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, A CORPORATION VOF Application led February 1, 1921.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. STEINER, a citizen of the United States, resident of Salt Lake City, county of Salt Lake, State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Towel Cabinets, of which the following is a specicaton.

rllhe object of my invention is to provide a towel cabinet in which clean and soiled towel rolls may be mounted and the towel transferred from one to the other without the clean portion of the towel coming in contact with the soiled portion, means being provided to restrict the amount of clean toweling delivered with the pull of the user thereon.

A further object is to provide a cabinet of compact, durable construction, one which will present a neat, ornamental appearance in the oice or the toilet of a building.

A further object is to provide a cabinet which can not easily get out of order, the moving parts being limited in number and simple of construction and easily operated.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Y c Figure 1 is a front view of a towel cabinet embodying my invention,

Figure 2 isa vertical sectional view of the same, f

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view, showing the manner of mountingy the rolls inl the cabinet,

Figures 4 and 5 are detailsof the measurin device.

n the drawings, 2 represents the rear portion ofthe cabinet, having side walls 3 and a top wall 4. A suitable. door 3a 1s provided for closing the front of the cabinet and 1 concealing the towel and the supporting rolls'. 5 is a feed roll and 6 a wind-` ing roll. The roll 5 has gudgeons 7 and 8 mounted in bearings in the side walls of the cabinet and the roll 6 has gudgeons 9 and 10 mounted in a similar manner above the roll 5, and a suitable distance therefrom to allow convenient' insertion of the towel rolls into the cabinet and removal therefrom. T he gudgeons 7 and 9 are .provlded with sprocket wheels 11 and a drive chain 12 connects these sprockets for operating the TOWEL CABINET.

Serial No. 441,623.

in provided with offset shoulders 15 nd 16.

A crank 17 is mounted-on the gud eon 8 and a dog 18 is slidable lengthwise in-said crank and provided with a pin 19 adapted to enter the cam groove 14 and slide therein when the crank and roll 5 are revolved. A dog 18 will normally drop by gravity to the lower portion of the cam groove 14 where it will be arrested from movement in one direction by the shoulder 16 but Vis free to slidein theother direction in the cam groove until it is guided thereby against the shoulder 15 when further movement of the dog and the crank is arrested. Release of thepull on the towel will then slack the roll 5 and crank sufficiently to allow the dog to drop from its point of contact with the shoulder l5 into the receiving end of the groove 14 and when this occurs, the operation may be repeated, the feed roll making another revolution.

l prefer to provide guides 20 and 21 in the side walls of the cabinet, the receiving ends of the guides being substantially horizontal and their inner portions substantially vertical. Into these guides the shafts 22 and 23 of the clean towel roll and the soiled towel roll 24 and 25 are inserted. The inner portions of the guides or the vertical parts thereof are in vertical alignment with the axis of the feed rollers and consequently when the towel rolls are inserted into the guides and released, they will drop by gravity and rest upon the roughened surfaces of the feed rolls. When the feed rolls are revolved, a corresponding movement will be imparted to the towel rolls and as this movement is uniform, the same length of towel unwound from the clean roll will be wound upon the soiled towel roll.

Below the feed roll 5 l prefer to provide a wall 26 upon which l prefer tomount an, upwardly projecting guard plate 27` which serves to guide the clean towel outwardly and prevent it from accidentally working in under 'the lower feed roll or between the feed roll and the towel roll.

Below this wall 26 the cabinet is open so that the clean towel hangs down in a loop in position to be grasped by the user and conveniently handled. A pull on the depending portion of the clean towel will revolve the feed roll and through the drive chain 12 will impart a corresponding movement to the feed roll 6 and the soiled towel roll contacting therewith.

I prefer to mount a guard plate 28 in the upper rear portion of the cabinet opposite the soiled towel roll land its feed roll so that the soiled towel will pass up over this guard plate between it and the rear wall and from thence on to the soiled towel roll. In this cabinet the measuring device will operate clockwise, the crank or dog traveling in the direction of the arrows, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, or from left toright, and this movement may be effected either by the pull of. the user on the clean portion of the towel .or by grasping the handle of the crank and turning the feed roll 5.

I claim as my invention:

1. A towel cabinet' comprising a casing, a soiled towel roll mounted in the upper portion of said casing, a clean towel roll mounted in the lower portion of said casing, feed and winding rolls'contacting by gravity respectively with said towel rolls, a driving connection between said feed and winding rolls, the clean towel being delivered downwardly in thelower portion of the cabinet and depending loosely below the cabinet, the used or soiled portion of the towel being carried upwardly at the rear of the'cabinet to a point above said soiled towel roll, a guard. in the rear of said soiled towel roll and over which the soiled towel passes, the lower portion of said guard having a forward extension terminating near the feed roll for said soiled towel and preventing the insertion of the soiled towel between said guard and soiled towel roll.

feed and winding rolls arranged to Contact.

by gravity respectively with said towel rolls, a driving connection betweensaid'feed and winding rolls, the clean towel being delivered from said clean towel roll downwardly through' the bottom of said casin and hanging loosely below said casing an from thence being carried upwardly at the rear of said cabinet yto a point aboveI the level of sai-d soiled towel roll, a brace extendin across said casing below said clean towe roll and spaced from'the front of the cabinet to provide a delivery passage for the cleantowel, and a guard plate mounted on said brace and extending upwardly to a point near said clean towel roll to guide the loose end of the clean towel roll to said passage when the clean towel is first-inserted in the casing, thus preventing it from be ing inadvertently ulled between the feed roll and clean towe roll.

3. A towel cabinet comprising a casing, a clean towel roll in the bottom of the casing, a feed roll below said towel roll, a wall in the bottom of the casing, a guard plate extending from the wall to the feed roll to prevent the loose end of the clean towel from inadvertently passing between said towel roll and feed roll, an upper soiled towel roll, a winding roll in contact therewith, said winding roll and feed roll beingy intergeared and a guard plate pivoted in the rear of the `soiled towel roll and over which the soiled towel extends, said guard plate extending at its bottom from the rear of the cabinet forwardly in proximity to the winding roll substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th da of January, 1921.

GEOR E A. STEINER. 

